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- Updates to Diagnostic Imaging Orderables
As of March 31, 2026, several diagnostic imaging exam orders will be added or retired across modalities, as detailed below. Personal preference lists and ordering tools will be updated as part of the change; no specific action is required by prescribers.
- Ultrasound (US)
- New exam orderables will be available, including: US Sclerotherapy, US Salivary Gland Injection, US Cholecystostomy Catheter Insertion, US Pelvis Endovaginal with Contrast, and US Pelvis with Contrast.
- The previous separate US Superficial Mass Left, Right, and Bilateral orders will be consolidated into a single order, US Superficial Mass.
- Computed Tomography (CT)
- New exam orderables will be available, including: CT Chest Abdomen Pelvis With Run Off Angiogram Enhanced and CT Abdomen With Run Off Angiogram Enhanced.
- Interventional Radiology (IR)
- New DI‑only add‑on exams will be available, including post‑plasty vascular stent placements and point‑of‑care blood analysis.
- General Radiography (GR)
- New exam orderables will be available, including: GR Pelvis and Hip Weightbearing Left, Right and Bilateral, and GR Shunt Series (specific for imaging of ventriculoperitoneal shunt).
- Bilateral codes will have their exam count increased from 1 to 2 (e.g., GR Ankle Bilateral will increase to 2 exam counts).
- Fluoroscopy (RF)
- RF Video Fluoroscopy Swallowing Study Pediatric will be available as an orderable.
- Nuclear Medicine (NM)
- NM Yttrium 90 Therapy, NM Strontium 89 Therapy, and NM Esophageal Transit, NM Image Fusion, and NM Bone Scan Pinhole will no longer be orderable.
- The performables NM Attenuation Correction Scan, NM Attenuation Correction Scan CT, and NM Cardiac Perfusion Gated SPECT will no longer be available.
- Orders specific to “10 or More Views” will be removed. The corresponding “7–9 Views” orders will be renamed to “7 or More Views” and should be used instead (e.g., NM Bone Scan Spots 7 or More Views).
Note that exam renaming will occur as a separate update and will be implemented before April 30, 2026. The naming and catalog revisions do not change how exams are performed. The CPEL catalogue and coding guidance (preamble) will be posted on Insite at a later date.